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It was the summer of 2022 and I was invited to go
rock-climbing with some friends. I had never attempted this
exercise before, so naturally, I was concerned.

My friends simply dismissed my unease, saying “rock-climbing is
not what it used to be”.

They were right.

Body line pressurized suits have been in use since 2012; first
in NASA spacewalks and then were quickly
introduced to the public. At first they were simply pressurized and
used as a space suit based wrap. It increased mobility and
decreased its size. Since then electronic fibers were introduced to
manipulate the structure of the “smart” fabric thus magnifying the
strength of movement while wearing the suit. Making the user of it,
astoundingly stronger. I knew that hours in the gym would not be
needed for what would be a grueling rock-climbing trip, because my
hire suit enhanced my strength five fold. The trip turned out to be
great, getting to the top was definitely worth the now-easy trip.
Next month we will go kite surfing, I think I might need hire the
suit again.

Steve has had a long day. He is tired despite having taken the
anti-fatigue pill “Alert” to get through the last web conference on
the company’s newest video unit.

Steve has had a long day. He is tired despite having taken the
anti-fatigue pill “Alert” to get through the last web conference on
the company’s newest video unit. A happy hour beer-fest at an Alfa
lounge sounds tempting, but just after leaving the building; a
sharp chest pain stops him mid step. The pain finally subsides, and
he quickly speaks to his cell phone, activating his personal health
record by uttering the word, “Emergency”.

Immediately, Steve is routed via the internet to his health
plan’s Clinical emergency centre for diagnosis. This Involves
answering a series of yes or no questions about the symptoms and
vital signs asked by a Med-Tech on duty computer. Steve places a
finger on the screen of his cell phone where his bio-signature
converts his bio-scan signals and sends them instantly to the
Emerg-Med Team via virtual Net Centre many time zones away.

The GE Cyberdoc decides that Steve’s condition maybe acute
cardiac ischemia and dispatches a clinic mobile to his exact
location. En route to the nearest emergency-care unit, a battery of
tests, including another bio-scan, are performed and transmitted
immediately through a wireless devise in real time to a lab for
interpretation. (cont.)

Underwater cities have been a dream of futurists.
Starting from Atlantis to the evasive Captain Nemo.

The first underwater built city in Dubai was a scientific
breakthrough. Located just off the coast of the man made “World”
islands, it was the first under water facility capable of
sustaining prolonged life under water. It was built in the shallow
waters, merely ten meters from the surface allowing plenty of
natural light to seep through.

At first air was pumped from the outside until a new air
harvesting technology called “air farming” was adopted in 2020. Air
farming is literally a network of fields of sea plants, saturated
with pumps and filtering systems, extracting and transporting air
to the underwater city. The switch from external to internal air
came in 2022 which introduced a new era of development under water.
It was later discovered that air produced and extracted straight
from the ocean was so beneficial to human health that the
underwater cities quickly became the preferred choice for the rich
and famous. Nicknamed “Utopia”, it became the centre of the
scientific advancement. (cont.)

The $1.5 billion scam was confirmed today by the FBI Director Malcolm Casey. He stated that in the
early hours of the morning, the carbon trading wing of the
NASDAQ was hijacked and billions of
dollars worth of transactions have been made on behalf of fake
energy companies. The attack lasted for less than 10 minutes when
the web security team picked up the intrusion. While more then a
billion dollars have been recovered in reverse transactions, more
then $250 million have been lost.

Director Casey has also stated that the notorious hacker
community claimed responsibility for this latest attack, warning
them that responsible parties will be found and brought to justice.
Shortly after his speech a chain email circulated the globe with
the simple message – “Crime Pays”.

At first they were simply embedded in passports, containing
personal ID data. Second Generation ID Data chips were designed to
have uploading capabilities and contained even more data, including
criminal and medical records. Third generation ID Chips had an
option to be inserted under your skin and gave access into your ID
data base in any government institution, which made forgetting or
losing your license or social security details a thing of the
past.

For military personnel it was compulsory to have it inserted.
Unauthorized access to military installations was simply
non-existent from that moment on. Generation Four chip nicknamed
“Quattro Access” became an instant hit with the younger generation.
It allowed access to personal finance as well as personal storage
space to share music, files and photos. (cont.)